# Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-10-108: Purposes for which any local government may adopt local ordinances delineated

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-10-108
- **Heading:** Purposes for which any local government may adopt local ordinances delineated
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 13 / Chapter 10 / Section 13-10-108

## Text

(a) Any local government may adopt local ordinances to authorize: (1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of one (1) or more mass transportation projects, and the use of streets, roads, highways, avenues, parks, or public places for these purposes; (2) The making of a contract or contracts for the acquisition by purchase of all or any part of the property, plant, and equipment of an existing mass transportation facility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public; (3) The making of a contract or contracts with any person, firm or corporation, including a public authority, for the equipment, maintenance or operation of a mass transportation facility owned, acquired, constructed, reconstructed or improved by the local government; and (4) The making of a contract or contracts for a fair and reasonable consideration for mass transportation services to be rendered to the public by a privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the power to appropriate funds for payment of such consideration, and to provide that all or part of such consideration shall be in the form of capital equipment to be furnished to and used and maintained by such privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility. (b) The powers granted by this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip, maintain or operate any mass transportation capital project. Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 14; 1977, ch. 276, § 25; T.C.A., § 13-1708.
(a) Any local government may adopt local ordinances to authorize: (1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of one (1) or more mass transportation projects, and the use of streets, roads, highways, avenues, parks, or public places for these purposes; (2) The making of a contract or contracts for the acquisition by purchase of all or any part of the property, plant, and equipment of an existing mass transportation facility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public; (3) The making of a contract or contracts with any person, firm or corporation, including a public authority, for the equipment, maintenance or operation of a mass transportation facility owned, acquired, constructed, reconstructed or improved by the local government; and (4) The making of a contract or contracts for a fair and reasonable consideration for mass transportation services to be rendered to the public by a privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the power to appropriate funds for payment of such consideration, and to provide that all or part of such consideration shall be in the form of capital equipment to be furnished to and used and maintained by such privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility.
(1) The acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance or operation of one (1) or more mass transportation projects, and the use of streets, roads, highways, avenues, parks, or public places for these purposes;
(2) The making of a contract or contracts for the acquisition by purchase of all or any part of the property, plant, and equipment of an existing mass transportation facility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public;
(3) The making of a contract or contracts with any person, firm or corporation, including a public authority, for the equipment, maintenance or operation of a mass transportation facility owned, acquired, constructed, reconstructed or improved by the local government; and
y, plant, and equipment of an existing mass transportation facility actually used and useful for the convenience of the public;
(3) The making of a contract or contracts with any person, firm or corporation, including a public authority, for the equipment, maintenance or operation of a mass transportation facility owned, acquired, constructed, reconstructed or improved by the local government; and
(4) The making of a contract or contracts for a fair and reasonable consideration for mass transportation services to be rendered to the public by a privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility. Such power shall include, but not be limited to, the power to appropriate funds for payment of such consideration, and to provide that all or part of such consideration shall be in the form of capital equipment to be furnished to and used and maintained by such privately-owned or operated mass transportation facility.
(b) The powers granted by this section shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other power to acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, equip, maintain or operate any mass transportation capital project.
Acts 1972, ch. 829, § 14; 1977, ch. 276, § 25; T.C.A., § 13-1708.

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